Ewald Kipp photograph collection

Ewald Kipp photograph collection, 1939-1969

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Kipp, Ewald
Title: Ewald Kipp photograph collection
Dates: 1939-1969 (inclusive)
19391969
Quantity: 4 boxes
Collection Number: P0011
Summary: The Ewald Kipp photograph collection contains images of mines, mining equipment, and miners in the West and Mexico. Most of the collection consists of photographs of mining machinery for use in EIMCO sales catalogs.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Ewald Kipp was a mining engineer and salesman for EIMCO Corp. Collection consists of EIMCO and other types of mining equipment that were used in sales manuals. Photos are often of equipment in use at various mines. Photos of mines and miners as well as some portraits of Kipp's associates are included.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Peter Schmid.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Mines, Mining Machinery, EIMCO, and MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Mining and Miners and Mines 1: Bisbee, Arizona (postcard) 2: Pilares, Sonora, Mexico 3: 5-wn 114s drien by 282 8 cyl. Imperial Atlas Engines. Sold February 1943. In September 1943. Pilares of Montezuma Copper Co. Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico 4-9: Miners at work 10-14: Cananea Consol. Copper Mines. Cananea, Mexico. Men and equipment at work. May 1943 15: Miner with drill 16: Bisbee, Arizona. Denn Mine. Jack Hill, Ewald Kipp, Frank Bowling, Tommie Newell, Frank Velarde with Sullivan J-10-3 1/2" auto feed 17: Miner at work 18: Ft. Collins, Colorado. John R. Austin tunnel constructors, February 1948 19: John R. Austin, Loveland, Colorado tunnel job, 1948-1949 20-21: Kennecott Copper Chino Division, August 1969 21A-C: Mid fifties pictures of Telluride, Co. Leadville SD and Climax Colorado mine
1	2	Miscellaneous 22: Cochises Head from Massai Point, Wonderland of Rocks, Arizona 23: World's largest cactus-sahurro (postcard) 24-25: Taracutin, Morelos-volcanoe erupting 26: New Corelia branch, Phelps Dodge Corp., Ajo, Arizona. Fall, 1968
1	3	Mining Machinery-EIMCO 27-46: EIMCO bulldozers, front-end loaders, etc.
1	4	Mining Machinery-Miscellaneous 47-80: Bulldozers, drills, filters, etc. 52: PJ-112 at Pride of the West Mine in Patagonia Dist. near Nogales, Arizona. W.C. Humphrey operating, May 1943 76: Sewage drum for Los Angeles, January 1950 77: Drum platform filter, Lovens-Kemiske Fabrik, Copenhagen, Denmark 80: CDF 111, Arizona Barite Co., Mesa, Arizona, August 18, 1948
1	5	Mining Machinery--Austin
1	6-12	EIMCO Sales Manuals

EIMCO and Salt Lake CityReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	13-14	EIMCO Sales Manuals
2	15	Miscellaneous Unidentified Photos
2	16	Addendum 1-4: Kipp with Japanese representatives of Land Development Machinery Company, July 1962 5-20: Ewald Kipp visiting an open pit mining operation; possibly Bingham mine 21-23: Various buildings of industry out by the Great Salt Lake 24-26: Views of Butte, Montana 27-29: Kipp with several unidentified men 30-40: Images from the United Verde Copper company open pit mine, June 1928 41: Kipp with representatives of the Konochima Chemical company 42: Smelter with an interesting narrative on the back, January 1923 43-58: Kipp in various situations involving mine machinery operations 59-79: Kipp with men touring the inside of the Bingham Copper mine
2	17	Addendum 1: Kipp at the University of Utah Union Building 2: Kipp at a EIMCO party 3: Kipp at the Homestake mine; "6800 level", February 1965 4-15: Various portraits of Kipp alone or with groups
2	18	Addendum 1-19: Friends and/or acquaintances of Kipp
2	19	Addendum 1-14: Images from inside a mine and from an open pit mine
2	20	Addendum 1-2: Images that look like mug shots. Mexico, 1928 3: Simmer and Jack Cynide Works: "Wishing you a Happy New Year"
2	21	Addendum 1-8: Images that look like mug shots. Mexico, 1928	1952-1960s
2	22	Addendum 1-7: EIMCO machinery
2	23	Addendum 1-7: EIMCO office files: staff, parties, and research
2	24	Addendum 1-21: EIMCO, mining, travel, and personal

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
3	Oversize 536-537: Men in mines, withdrawn from collection June, 12 1989 538: E.R. Bernhardt 539: Jack Knacbel 540: Theodore Roosevelt 541: Silver King, Park City, Utah 1939 542: East side of Continental Divide. Grand Lake, Colorado, 1942 543: June 30, 1961. Top of Mosquito Range, Leadville, Colorado. Ewald Kipp Sr. worked at this shaft in 1894 544: Homestake Mining Co., Lead, South Dakota. Summer, 1963 545: Jack Hall, president, Anaconda Co., Tuscon, Arizona, Spring, 1969 546: View at top of Fremont Pass, Rocky Mountains, Climax, Colorado 546A-B: Homestake mining, Leadville, SD and Climax Molybdenum
3	Oversize and Panorama, Stored in Mapcase 547: Blast at Kennecott Copper Chino Division, 1968. Olemeda, New Mexico 548: Portrait (Kipp?) 549: Unidentified 550: Canana Consolidated Copper Company, 1922 551: Butte, Montana 1930s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Miners--Mexico--Photographs
Miners--West (U.S.)--Photographs
Mines and mineral resources--Mexico--Photographs
Mines and mineral resources--West (U.S.)--Photographs
Mining machinery industry--Utah--History--Photographs

Corporate Names

EIMCO (Firm)
Kennecott Copper Corporation--Records and correspondence

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--1939-1968

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